Indigenous peoples;Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage;Ethnography;Creative destruction;Adaptation;Survivance

Issue Date:

2012

Publisher:

Brunel University

Description:

This presentation was given as part of the Expert Seminar on Indigenous Cultures and Languages in collaboration with the UN by Dr Marilena Alivizatou from University College London. The seminar, hosted at Brunel University, took place on the 8th and 9th March 2012 and was organised by Brunel Law School's Human Rights Research Centre. The initiative, fronted by Dr Alexandra Xanthaki of Brunel Law School, represents a positive example of how academia, the civil society and the international community can come together with vulnerable groups to help the regain their rights.